The Editor of the Irish Redemptorist magazine, Reality, has hit out at Church leaders who he claims appear to be more interested in changing the language of the liturgy than trying to figure out why so many children have been harmed by clerics.

The debate over Medjugorje has taken a new turn with the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints expressing scepticism about the authenticity of the reputed Marian apparition there.